Location: Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center
Title: Introductory chapter: Protecting rice grains in the post-genomic era- are we there yet?Author
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Submitted to: Book Chapter
Publication Type: Book / Chapter Publication Acceptance Date: 6/1/2019 Publication Date: 10/2/2019 Citation: Jia, Y. 2019. Introductory chapter: Protecting rice grains in the post-genomic era- are we there yet? Book Chapter. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.86390. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.86390 Interpretive Summary: Technical Abstract: Rice grains have been reproduced for thousands of years throughout history in a wide range of ecological and cultural systems around the globe becoming an essential food crop for more than 3.5 billion people on the planet. Global recognition of recent advances in rice genetics, genomics, mechanisms of immunity and interactions with the environment have resulted in a growing demand for securing food production. For centuries, selective breeding of rice grains for improved stress tolerance and high-yield with nutritional merits has been the major breeding objective worldwide. Consequently, the genetic diversity of cultivated rice has been significantly reduced. Today, rice production is faced with the challenge of be protected from harmful microorganisms, extreme weather and changing production practices. This book aims to inform readers of the necessity of protecting rice by enabling friendly interactions between plants and microbes to meet the challenges of feeding a growing population. This book intends to provide an overview of the contemporary effort to safeguard rice crops with recent advances in rice genetics and innate immunity to major biotic and abiotic stresses, whilst also factoring in model cultural management systems. |
